Door-hanger



(No Model.)

W. & R. B. LOUDEN.

DOOR HANGER.

Patented Oct. '5, 1897.

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WILLIAM LOUDEN AND ROBERT E. LOUDEN, OF FAIRFIELD, IOXVA.

DOOR-HANGER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,235, dated October5, 1897.

Application filed August a, 1896. $erial No. 601,558. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we,WILLIAM LOUDEN and ROBERT E. LOUDEN, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Fairfield, in the county of Jefferson andState of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers and Tracks for Same, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to means for supporting sliding doors in positionand providing for their necessary movement in opening and shutting; andit consists, first, of brackets adapted to be secured at one side to awall and a track supported by said brackets, so

as to leave an open space between it and the wall for the passage ofdoor-hangers therein; second, of the combination, with said brackets, ofa cover adapted to be secured to the wall above them and to be connectedto the outer ends of the brackets, and,third,of other details inconstruction hereinafter described, and specifically defined in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of thedoor, track-rail, brackets, and cover secured tothe wall of thebuilding. Fig. 2 is an enlarged inner side View of one of the hangers,the inner part of the frame being removed to show the bearings of thewheel. Fig. 3 is a transverse or crosssectional view on line w y of Fig.2. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveof the track-rail and track-hooks withcross-section views of lower portions of the brackets. Figs. 5 and 6 aredetail views.

A represents the wall of the building, and B a bracket secured thereto.

0 is the cover, which is secured to the outer end of the bracket andalso to the wall above it. p h h D is the door, which is preferablyconstructed at its upper end with a cleat or tie-piece E. On oppositesides of the door-hanger close the space between it and the edge of theopening.

A pair of hanger-frames are secured to the door near each upper corner,so as to support it in proper position, and the wheels H, rum ning onopposite edges of the track-rail, make the weight of the door central,on the track and the hangers cannot get off, as they would be liable todo if they wereall on. one side. Should the bottom of thedoor be by anycause pushed out from the wall of the building, the door cannot run offnor the hanger-frames get bent orbroken, because the hooks J are free toturn in the eyes K andwill permit the track-rail to swing outward withthe door.

If desired, the track may be rigidly secured to the brackets, but forthe reason above stated it is considered preferable to pivotally connectthe suspending devices to the brackets.

The lower ends of the track-hooks J are made forked to fit over thevertical web of the track-rail I and are secured thereto by by rivets N.The extreme lower ends of these forks are'preferably made to fit snuglyagainst the horizontal flanges of the trackrail, especially at theircorners, and by this means the rail will be held rigidly againstlongitudinal movement.

The door is held from running 01f the end W of the track by the ends Pof the inner parts I of the hanger-frames F striking against the stop 0.(See Figs. 3 and 4..) The stop 0 has preferably forked ends Q, which areadapted to slip over the shank of the hook at the end of thetrack justabove the web of the rail I and be clamped thereon by means of a bolt R.This is an inexpensive device and is easily adjusted upon the hook andforms an effective stop.

When two or more sections of rail are used, their ends are heldtogether, so asto. form a continuous track by means of the splice-hookJ, which has its forked end extended or made 7 wide, and two rivets Nare used so as to pass through the web of each abutting section of railand join them together and also connect them to the bracket, as shown inFig. 4.

The cover 0 is preferably made of sheet metal bent so its upper edgewill fit: against the wall A, and its lower edge 0 projects ver ticallydownward while its central portion,

' hooks J are connected.

will rest on the top of the brackets B in an inclined position, so as toeffectually protect the track and hangers from rain or snow. It issecured to the wall by nails or screws a at intervals along its upperedge, and is connected to the outer ends of the brackets B by means ofbolts or rivets b. In this way the cover 0 is made to support thebrackets B, both strengthening their attachment to the wall andpreventing longitudinal displacement of-their outer ends, to which thetrack- WVhen a board is used for the cover, its upper edge should bebeveled to fit the wall A and the outer ends of the brackets should besecured to the board by means of screws.

The wheels [*I are mounted in the hanger frames F by means of shafts S,around which aseries of antifriction-rollers T are arranged to revolve,and the wheels H turn upon these rollers. The outer ends of the shafts Sare held by the main or outer frame-pieces F,while their inner ends aresupported by the inner frame-pieces F, which are secured to the upperends of the pieces F, so as to form a casing for the wheels H. Therollers T and the hubs of the wheels H are made substantially the samelength, and in the spaces intervening between the ends of the rollersand hubs and said casing are inserted washers U, so as to entirely coverthe ends of the rollers and partly, if not wholly, cover the ends of thehubs. The washers U are made to fit loosely between the ends of the huband casing and to turn on the shaft S. The purpose of the washers U isto hold the rollers T in place and also to relieve the hub and the endsof the rollers T of friction against the frame-pieces forming thecasing, the washers being free to turn on the shaft S with the rollersand hub when necessary to relieve them of friction, or remain stationarywith the frame-pieceswhen the friction is less.

The shafts S are preferably formed with shoulders e on their ends, andthe portions of the shafts outside of these shoulders are adapted to fitinto elongated holes in the frame-pieces F and F and to extend not morethan flush with their outer sides. After the shaft and rollers areinserted in the wheel and the washers are placed on the shaft its endsare inserted in the holes in the framepieces and the pieces are thenriveted or bolted 1. The combination of a track-rail adapted to carrya'sliding door; track-suspending devices secured at intervals to saidtrack-rail, so as to permit the passage of door-hangers thereby, andbrackets adapted to be secured at one side to a wall and pivotallysupport the suspending devices, substantially as described.

2. The combination of brackets adapted to be secured at one side to awall; a track having wheel-supporting edges 011 its opposite sides, andadapted to be supported by the brackets so as to leave an open spacebetween it and the Wall; hangers adapted to be secured to opposite sidesof a door, and wheels mounted on the upper ends of said hangers, andhaving an open space between them so as to pass the supports and run onthe opposite wheel-supporting edges, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a track adapted to carry a sliding door; bracketsadapted to be secured at one side to a wall; a cover adapted to besecured at its upper edge to the wall and to be connected to the outerends of the brackets, and suspending devices secured to said track andconnected to said brackets, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a track adapted to carry a sliding door; bracketsadapted to be secured at one side to a wall; a metallic cover adapted.to be secured at its upper edge to the wall and near its center to thebrackets, while its lower edge projects outwardly and downwardly belowsaid brackets, and suspending devices secured to said track, andconnected to said brackets, substantially as described.

5. The combination of brackets adapted to be secured at one side to awall; a track having wheel-supporting edges on its opposite sides;suspending devices secured at intervals to the central portion of thetrack, and connected to the brackets so as to leave an open spacebetween the track and the wall; hangers adapted to be secured toopposite sides of a door, and wheels mounted on the upper ends of saidhangers so as to pass the suspending devices and run on the oppositeedges of the track, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination of a metallic track-rail comprising a vertical Weband wheel-supporting flanges on the sides of said web; brackets adaptedto be secured at one side to a wall and suspending devices adapted to bepivot.- ally connected to said brackets, and having their lower endsbifurcated to straddle said web and be rigidly connected to the track,substantially as set forth.

'7. The combination of a metallic tracks-ail having wheel-supportingflanges on each of its sides; brackets adapted to be secured to a wall,suspending devices secured to said track and pivotally connected to saidbracke'ts, and door-hangers provided with wheels and adapted to besecured to opposite sides of a door and to traverse saidwheel-supporting flanges, substantially as described.

8. The combination of a sliding-door track consisting of abuttingsections of metallic track-rail; brackets adapted to be secured to awall; suspending devices connecting the track-rail to the brackets, anda combined suspending and splicing device adapted to join the abuttingends of the sections together and connect them to one of the brackets,sub stantially as set forth.

9. The combination of a track-rail comprising horizontal flanges and avertical upper web,suspending-hooks secured to said web, hangers securedto the opposite sides of the door and adapted to run von said horizontalthe rail and adapted to arrest the movement of the hanger, substantiallyas set forth.

11. A sliding-door hanger having its lower end adapted to bolt to a doorand its upper end to incase a wheel; a wheel-supporting shaft mounted insaid incasing part of the hanger; a series of rollers to revolve aroundthe shaft; a wheel mounted on said rollers, and a washer placed on eachend of the shaft between the hub of the wheel and the casing,

so as to entirely cover the ends of the rollers and more or less of theends of the hub, and o to revolve with the wheel and rollers or toremain stationary with the casing, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM LOUDEN. ROBERTB. LOUDEN.

Witnesses:

JOHN BARTHOLOMEW, F. M. Dnoz.

